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Sweet. I'm a beta user and I love the channels. I'm jsut wondering if everyone in the youtube community will HAVE to go Beta in the future, or we will be able to choose "Channel version 1" (regular channels) or "Channel version 2" (current beta channels) once beta is finalized? Just wondering.

great job guys, but still 256k background is too small for great quality, the wrapper should be split in at least 2 different options, 1 for the big arrow, one for the borders (also, why not make borders instead of a plain color?)add the color transparent to the color choices, no transparency, just no colors and let us do our backgorund to delimit the boxes

user sizeable boxes too so we don't get stuck with a big "wrapper" empty rectangle at the bottom when a column is longer

some way to format the text in the chanel description and especially the video dscription, it looks like a bunch of text thrown there now

more tags and more characters for the page title, its like 1/3 of what was allowed before

the ability to expand the video player full width instead of having a list of playlist on the right (maybe only when clicking HD, would be nice

bring back the auto play of playlists and uploaded videos, i don't want the playback to stop after 1 video

A way to choose how the videos sort themselves would be great. Right now they are sorted by newest upload, but alphabetical, views, ratings, etc. sorting would be great. The new beta layout looks great!

I think the section in the channel description that says "website" should be changed to "websites" and we could put more than 1 link url and we could have a title or description for each link! I have always wanted to be able to do that instead of having to put 1 link in the website section and the rest of the links I want on my channel in another spot.

Since transparency are tricky, yet it is such a popular request by YouTube members, I suggest scrapping the current channel beta and redesigning the channel from scratch and take into account all the suggestions that have be suggested and/or incorporated into the channel so far. I don't know whats going on behind the scenes but all the time spent trying to get the transparency to work could be spent on redesigning the channel where transparency do work.

For people who are not creative or have Photoshop where they can create their own background I suggest "skins". This option would be in addition to solid color backgrounds. Also have an option where users can create skins and submit it to YouTube and other users would be able to use skins created by other users.

1.) In addition to solid colors, there should be a box that you can select so that the solid color background are gradient.

2.) Some people wants the profile information module to appear towards the top. I suggest the ability to move this box to the top with the move module arrow button. However, when it moves to the top it would appear above the featured video as a horizontal box rather than verticle.

Jake - Yeah, at some point we'll take the new channels out of beta, and it'll be the channel everyone uses. We'll widely (outside of this blog) give a heads up (with a specific date) before that happens.

Musik 4 Machines - Yeah, there's a bug with partner backgrounds right now. Your long title also messes things up right now - might not have some immediate solutions on that right away. Thanks for all the other layout, etc suggestions too - lots of good thinking. And yeah, the autoplay stuff used to be there - we'll look into bringing that back.

IceflowStudios - yes, there will be a 300x250 shortly. :)

TaurusOxford - Thanks for the screenshot - we'll look into it.

Aaron - yes, we'll have some limited sort controls. Probably not ratings, but views at the very least.

I agree with what N/A said..."Some people wants the profile information module to appear towards the top. I suggest the ability to move this box to the top with the move module arrow button. However, when it moves to the top it would appear above the featured video as a horizontal box rather than verticle."

Also, I would like to say that on the new beta channels there is a section for movies in the channel description but not TV. Could you please add this? Oh and also in the channel description there is a section for Hometown but not city. If you could please add that as well.

But... This might have been said, but I'm not sure. With the new beta channel, I can't seem to find how to change the featured video, for I have a video there, but my taste changes so fast I can hardly keep up with it. And now its time that I want to change it again.. I looked everywhere, and maybe I'm just not seeing it?

I also agree with those who have pointed out that the information should be towards the top. I see how pleasing us could be difficult though.. since the new video players would want to be the center of attention as well as we want the information to be.

Speaking of the video player, I don't have any playlists or uploads yet- so if possible, it would be nice if the favorites were more exteneded instead of showing 3 measily videos. (Although I am aware that you can easily click "see all"). I don't know, it's only a suggestion.

You guys are doing great! It's moving along great, and I love how it's turning out. Nothing really that I need to suggest though, as you already have what I thought of in the "still looking at" part :) Can't wait for it to be fully done, and for the Ad's to be placed for partners!

afaagfg, look above the featured video and to the right it will say edit, click that. And where it says featured video select which video you want. If you want to enter a Video URL from YouTube select other from the list, and put the url in, and select save changes!-Matt

But since I can not prevent it from coming, here is some constructive criticism:

- videos shouldn't be called "uploads". Who got that silly idea from? just call it "videos"! That's what it always was and you shouldn't change that!

- right click (on a thumbnail or link) and open in new window should ALWAYS work, because that's what I usually do to open a video. I usually open a couple of videos at the same time, but that's not possible anymore when you disable right clicks on links!

- where are the star ratings in the videos overview? i WANT star ratings to see which videos I might be interested in.

Really, if this design is the best you can come up with, I'm scared! In my opinion the current design is okay! not perfect, but good enough. The new design feels ugly and just not right. I don't need a fancy design and restrictions that come along with unnecessary ajax enhancements. Keep it simple and navigational! Like it is now.

@ brian, fixed my title, i hadn't noticed it was pushing the rest down, but the tags are still too few

i hadn't notice, but it's mandatory that you can open links in a new tab by right clicking/ctrl clicking on them, i like to load a couple in the background to listen later, and now i have to reopen the channel in a new tab every time

My "GoldieStreet" Channel is still broken. I have tried the new Beta space. 1. My ratings tab seems to be broken2. I only have 4 out of about 15 playists I compiled featured on the Beta channel. Is that the new limit??? My Playlists make up my channel so i can't afford to have subsribers lost, looking for playlists.3. What happened to the option to feature the "VLOG" playlist on the main page?

@ groups people, just an option would be fine, i absolutely don't want that shit on my page, nor do i want a vlog(which is just a reverse playlist)there are some more important stuff to fix, and people stop complaining about the arrows, you are the only one who sees them

-------------------------------ISSUE: CAN WE GET THE PLAYLISTS TO ORDER ALPHABETICALLY [by default]?

I noticed that the playlist order populates on the channel page randomly(?), but if I EDIT my playlists, it orders them alphabetically. I like the alphabetical option b/c I have so many playlists. It helps me organize / "(sub)categorize" them more effectively.

You may already be looking into this, but for Channels w/ large amounts of subscribers, when clicking on the "see all" button, not all of the are shown. In some cases, there is not way to see all of them (no "next" button etc...").

The ability to choose which videos are shown / not shown on your channel lists, and which order they display in.

The ability to choose which playlists are displayed under "all".

The ability to add video's to a quicklist in the channel (not that big a deal though).

The new "Subscribe" "Add Friend" box looks terrible - it would be better if that was normal again.

The comments feature doesn't seem to work on Chrome or Safari - but on Firefox it looks excellent.

The friends and subscribers boxes don't fit onto the correct amount of rows on Firefox.

Incorporation of YouTube Real Time would be nice, so that it knows you're watching a video whilst on a channel, and it would also be cool if you could show the world what you are watching when people visit your channel.

Change the "Recent Activity" box so that the text is smaller and therefore doesn't take up as much unnecessary room on the channel.

One BIG point: is there any way of changing the video's so that they don't act as embeds, and therefore don't have the awkward YouTube logo in? Also: a full screen video option would be wonderful.

And could you at least leave the option for autoplaying videos, since I miss it already.

That's all I can think of now. Keep up the good work!http://youtube.com/SmailSnail http://youtube.com/WiiloveitTV

OK. One thing that I have always wanted on YouTube is the ability to repeat the background on the x or y axis only. If I wanted to repeat a banner across the top, this is impossible to do. I either have to

A.) Draw an image that is in excess of 2000px wide (To accomodate an Apple browser) which would take a long time to load or

B.) Use the repeat tab and, once the page is long enought (As content builds up) then risk having the banner appear randomly half way down the page.

Suggestion!!! For the unsubscribe and remove friend, please put "Are you sure you want to unsubscribe" or put "are you sure you would want to remove this friend" something like that, PLEASE because sometimes i may accidently click on unsubscribe or remove friend! please add this feature. Also i know you used to have this feature, but you removed it.

what is the blank page for mine supposed to be..it looks like you will be able to drag and drop your favorites and videos. I actually like my channel sweeeeeeeeeeeeettttt... i am liking it would be cool to rearrange your videos on the upper right...in different orders...

Hey! My account is STILL BROKEN! I had switched to Beta a while ago, and reverted. Now, on the standard YouTube format I cannot change my channel design and add a featured video! It is very frustrating! Can you hand revert me back to beta, because an error message pops up when I try it. (YouTube Username: Aeromano)

Nice as it is you brought back the old subscribe button, it really does not fit in with my theme.I'd love it if we could change the button, a toggle between "the old yellow" or "styled with the rest of your settings" would be nice.

@ people complaining about uploads, it's the best term, as video is pretty reductive, people make tv shows, movies, videoclips, and video let people think they produce crappy home video, so upload is way more appropriate as a term, as you upload them

Hi, I'm using the new beta and like it but it would be great if it could look more like this.http://www.youtube.com/johnwiese

I think it is much more effective with the video on the right and channel info on the left. Also the information panel under the video is a much better size. There is a bigger window for the uploaded videos and favorites which is much more interesting.

It would be neat if there was a live video chat session event one day between the designers of the new channel and us, the people who are trying out the beta channel. We could either chat/type our questions or talk by webcam. It would give more of an insight of whats happening.

You might be aware of this already but yesterday, the bar at the top of the page that shows "settings", "themes and colors", and "modules" is now wider vertically. The "revert! I want my old channel back" is now in the second row.

1.) I use Internet Explorer 8 and I am also having the problem of friends/subscribers wrapping to the second line. My channel is movie3891.

2.) This issue is regarding the HQ button on the player in my channel. One of my video has the HQ button option when I watch it from the watch page. When I watch it from my channel, the player changes and the HQ button appears. I also have another video that has the HQ button option when I watch it from the watch page. However, when I watch it from my channel, the HQ button does not appear.

Everytime i go to edit my channel and click "update channel" it comes up as "500 Internal Server Error". This has been going on every since I have changed back to the old channel from the new beta channel. Please help I really want to feature videos and edit some other things. My username is "XxXInoShikaChoXxX" and this had happened to a few more people like "MacManiaTutorials"

Ever since I upgraded my channel to the new Beta version, the channel page can no longer be accessed on mobile web. When I revert back to my original channel I can access my channel page in the mobile version of YouTube.

The message that displays on my channel page when it is in Beta mode is:

Videos disabled by owner

I have seen this same message appear on other users mobile channel pages.

and another thing, full screen mode aint available when playing videos right from the channel! i hope the youtube team will really help me out and take a look at my channel...sorry for my bad english...

1. When I am logged in to my own account, all my playlists appear completely out of order. We cannot click-and-drag the playlists into order, so I numbered them, and it still doesn't work. I have dozens of playlists and cannot find anything when I am logged in. This applies to the old as well as the new user page layout. A user's own playlists only appear in order when they are not logged into their account, which is not how people access their page and try to access their playlists.

2. All the playlists that we have tagged as being viewable to the public should automatically be viewable in the playlists window in the new layout, not just the 3 we selected for the old user page display. And, being logged in, all my playlists were out of order, so it would take me forever to locate what I wanted visible in the playlists window.

3. The featured video in the new layout is huge; it takes up two-thirds of the screen, no matter what computer I'm using.Also, because I generally upload multiple videos at a time, I do not want to "feature" any one of them over the others. I definitely will not switch to the new layout until I can turn this off...

4. The Grid view only works on the Safari browser. The format completely messes up in IE and Firefox.

5. I would like to set a default initial view for my user page i.e. display Uploads in a Grid view.

It'd be nice if the 'edit channel' bar was removed from the top. The page feels too crowded with it and also the boxes are a little wide. If it was slightly thinner it'd be great. I really love the new look though

Esperanza BY, look above the featured video and to the right it will say edit, click that. And where it says featured video select which video you want. If you want to enter a Video URL from YouTube select other from the list, and put the url in, and select save changes!-Matt

Hi YouTube friends!The new beta Channels are not bad, but i hope you keep our original YouTube channels, they're simply great.If you'll change the channels anyway, i recommend you some things:

1-Try to put the "channel information" just below the profile image and then "Name, year, joined, the rest of the information..."

2-The transparency level is really neccessary to make a great channel, so try to include it!

3-The Video Log box must be an option, i'd like to show more than a player on my channel, and this choice gives us the chance to fill the right side of the channel, you know, some of us like to put the channel comments on the left side, friends, subscriptions and suscribers as well, so the right side looks very empty!

4-Forth, final, and most important recommendation : )Give us the chance to change the YouTube Player's color on our channels (Featured video and video log players), not only for embedding! that option would give us the chance to make very good color combinations.

Well, that's it, i really like YouTube, really like my Channel but i think there are many thing to improve, and know you'll do your best.

So far the improvements are good...Although there are just a few problems:

1) At the top of the channel where your profile image and the 'subscribe' button are displayed, it is just too small. Make it slightly bigger

2) Have the flexibility to choose the order of your videos in the scroll bar.

3) Vlog- I'm guessing this is being left out of the new channel design?

4) Simplicity- The channel has a smooth look to it, yet it is complicated to navigate. Perhaps, you could have an option to display videos in the 'scroll' view for people who have few videos and 'grid view for people who have more videos.

Other than that, the channels are pretty good. I just would have thought by now the transparency option would be avalable.

Check out my channel, it is quite different (in terms of color scheme) compared to other channels.

There should be feature that allows you to restrict the amount of items displayed on recent activity. E.g (display 4.)It is really annoying having it extending constantly and then manually having to delete some of them.

When I am using the Google Chrome browser, and when there is a long list of videos on the right and after you scroll down and click on a video, the video plays but the scroll list on the right automatically scrolls all the way back up to the top.This happened when I was watching videos from the favorites list but it probably does this with all of the lists.(Uploads, Favorites, Playlists) This is very annoying and you have to keep scrolling down every time you click on a video.

I have been using the beta version for a while now and I liked it. However yesterday I had to revert back to the old version in order to change my featured video. Next I reverted back to the beta version except the entire video box at the top was gone and I haven't been able to get it back. I need this to be fixed. Also so that this doesn't happen in the future there needs to be a way to change the featured video in beta without having to revert back to the other version. My channel is: http://www.youtube.com/BNbackThanks!

The About Me, Influences, Hobbies, Movies,..etc sections are not showing up properly in Internet Explorer 8. In Google Chrome the text appears under "Movies:" and in Internet Explorer it appears crammed right next to "Movies:"Example:Google ChromeMovies:Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Internet Explorer 8 Movies:Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Also sometimes when I am on my channel and I click refresh on the comments I get a never ending loading circle. This only happens sometimes.

And when I am using Internet Explorer 8 and I click refresh this happens.http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3626322620_c74960be5f_o.pngThe comments go outside the comments section.

1 day ago the player was alright, but now it skips back up to the last uploads.. and you have to scroll down to see the next video...thats annoying,... its weared that it was alright before...and i didnt do anything and now i got this skipping problem...

Strange .. when i change back to old design i have "now" also the header error but i can play the videos with the old design. Dunno what happened with the channel. (i dont tested with the firefox). When someone can help or has a idea would be nice :Dhttp://www.youtube.com/user/WilliamFatToni

Mathias

(btw i read that "xetlive" has kind of same probs.. his channel http://www.youtube.com/user/xetlive .. i can read the same error with the header .. but i can watch his videos)

Wonderful! i see you found a solution about how to deal with the comments! Thank you for that!Now i have definitly switched to the new beta!(not important though but i hope one day you will bring back the transparency for the background images)Great team!Muaaahhh!

Hey I just updated my chanel to the beta version. I love the new layout. I only have 2 complaints. One of them is that there is no way to view groups from the page. The second one is that I can no longer add my self or others in beta to iGoogle which is a feature that I would like to have back. Other then that beta = win.

Why is the new beta channel showing most videos at a lower rating than the originals'? For example, many videos show "5 stars" in the old channel but they become "4 stars" when converted to the beta channel!

Love to see a way to control the order of content on the right side (favorites, playlists, etc). and then control the order of content within each (i.e. within a playlist I can control the order of presentation).

I like the beta version very much, since it allows me to watch my favorite videos one after another. I noticed, though, that there's no longer the option to skip forward/backward to the next video via arrows that were originally in the video description box. Still, I find it very convenient. Thank you!

Problem Part #1: I just finished designing our new channel in the beta format. It has never been launched, but thought I would soon. But I find I can't watch anything other than the featured video within the channel. When I click on other videos, nothing happens. This happened using IE7. A colleague got it to work in firefox. Any idea why this is happening?Part 2: Now even worse, when I go into my account/channel, I cannot see the player or the right hand playlist displayed at all. It's just showing a large gray box between the banner and the video description box. This appears to be happening on all the beta sites right now. What's up with that? MichiganStateU channel.

Referencing my orignal post. Problem Part 2 seems to be resolved. But #1 is still occuring - that is, no videos besides the featured video will come up in the player when selected in the channel. This is happening in IE7. Thanks.

@kim, 4,7 is NOT 5, 5 is when you ONLY get 5's rating, so it's just normal that 4,7 shows 4 or 4 1/2 star, seriously, it's pointless to even talk about it dude, if you don't get 5, why should they show 5, just to please your ego?

I just saw an update on the Uploads section with "Added | Most Viewed | Highest Rated" (nice work).

The bug I'm seeing is that in the "Most Viewed" link, the views are not from most viewed to least viewed. It shows "242 views, 185 views, 151 views, 97 views, 223 views, 104 views, 114 views... I have a screenshot if you want it or think I'm not clear enough. Thank you very much, YouTube.

The extra row displayed for the subscribers module is now gone. Thank you.

I also noticed the Added, Most Viewed, and Highest Rated sort filters for the uploads. Thank you sooooo much. These sort filters are one of the MOST crucial features that make channels successful. It's a fact, not an opinion. My most viewed are all displayed among the top. However, just like what Charlie Treviño reported on a previous comment, the order isn't exact for "Most Viewed". For mine, the order in total views (in rounded K) is as follows: 22K, 12K, 10K, 15K, 10K, 33K, etc. My 33K video is the most viewed.

Since there is no new blog post here, I'm assuming this issue is being looked at and will be fixed. So thank you so much in advance.

I think for my needs, the features are nearly complete. I know it's tricky to do, but I'm still hoping that the transparency option for the modules will still be made possible. I worked hard on my background images before. In the meantime, I modified my background to go along with the Beta channel. It still looks great. Check it out at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/RJtexasUSA

One last suggestion would be to show how many total videos you have uploaded just like the old channel layout. I'm sure this isn't tricky to do, so I hope this will also be added. Again, thank you so much for the sort filters.

Brian,I've posted a couple of family-type videos and and want to do business=type, too. I don't want them in the same channel, though. Do I need to get another account so I can put the business-types separate from the family-types? thanks, Brian! jcollett@frontiernet.net

You guys are awesome, really glad to see most viewed and highest rated on the new profiles now. Everything looks a lot smoother and cleaner. I'm almost ready to switch back to it now, just waiting for adsense to be incorporated on the featured video.

Hi. Since this morning I'm experiencing a problem with my channel ( www.youtube.com/user/24granaTube ): all the links under the featured video (Info, Comments, Favourites etc.) are presented in a broken layout (text isn't aligned with the corresponding icon, but goes on a new line and is partially covered by the video details box). This happens when using Italian as language, while everything is ok if I use English. Is there any way to fix the bug?Thanks :)

Hi I'm ''agusxx2'' from YouTube (I'm a partner) and I want that you include a yellow design (like my channel and banners, check it out) for combine the banners, because it's hard to make it perfectly in my yellow, could you do it? P.S: You're getting better and better!

Is it possible to make it so that multiline spaced info about the main video shown at the top of the Beta channels displays with line breaks as intended, rather than wrapping into one big block? For an example see the info beside my video Ominous Thoughts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqvuexhjSIc

And then look at the same info below "(more info)" on my channel page:

http://www.youtube.com/user/CountdownCrispy

That's my only real criticism of this otherwise very pleasant redesign! Good work! :-)

There's still a few glitches I've noticed. When I post a comment on a beta channel, or alter the comments page on my channel, the comments sort of run off from the comments section onto different areas.

Of course, transparency is a biggie for me.

I would also like to see more scroll bars when viewing comments, recent activity, friends, subscriptions, subscribers, uploads, favorites, etc. Thanks!!

Thanks for the new beta channel. I really like being able to do everything, practically, from my channel.

The only thing that I don't like is that I can't get to any of my groups from the channel. Is this something that will ever be fixed? It's hard to get to my groups now without having to actually bookmark them.

Also, whenever I look at the text when using my beta channel, it's all wrapped into one long paragraph, instead of having the breaks like they're meant to. Is this something else that you're working to fix?

I'm always in for trying new things as long as the benefits are there. I'll try out the new channel for a bit before I decide. Bug: in my videos listing, I click on Most Viewed to have them sort in that fashion and they only sort in the order that they were uploaded.

Right off the bat, the one item I did like about the old layout is that the videos could be organized in a clean, grid fashion in whatever way I manipulate them to be ordered.

I'm sorry, but I find the overall new design very ugly. When you look at the "uploads", what's whith all this empty space to the right side? It's simply awful! And the user information below the featured video. When someone sends you an invitation you might want to see their information first, so I prefer the way it is displayed in the "old" design, at the very top left of the screen. I hope you don't do a Facebook with us and force us all one day to use this new design.

Fantastic update, a few bugs that needed sorted. Often the advertisement on the right hand side just shows up as a white box. However thanks for putting adsense back into the channels for partners. I'm now switching back to the beta. Got my theme sorted too. Check it out:

www.youtube.com/sibry

One extra thing i'd like to see is the channel type icon that was displayed under the avatar in the old channels. Like director, comedian, etc. As of now it just says the style of the channel. Keep up the good work guys!

I think I have a feature that may help users. When creating the design, you can create a custom layout. It keeps saving each custom design. Allow the users to delete any design that they no longer want anymore.

2. I'd also like to mark comments as spam and rate comments from my channel.

3. It would be useful if the number of videos that I've uploaded was shown on the channel.

4. I don't like the way that after I've finished watching a video it will skip to the next one. I don't always want to watch all of someone's videos in consecutive order. I also don't like all of my favourites acting like one big playlist. I know that some people may like this feature, but I don't and I would like to have some way of turning it off on my channel.

I'm sorry but I absolutely HATE the new look!! I worked VERY HARD on my background and shouldn't have to sacrifice not having the whole thing being shown!! Not only does the new look ruin the backgrounds but when I click to see people's videos and favorites, in some places you can't read every title because there will be two titles right on top of each other.

Us YT users shouldn't be forced to use something! We should have a choice! I will NEVER choose this new look over the current! Please just let us keep the current look if we wish!

sorry for this comment but CAN SOMEONE HELP MEE!!! I have my old channel design, and when i want to make any change to it and update it it gives me an INTERNAL SERVER ERROR and even when i want to swich back to the new design(some one changed from the beta channel the old one ((((( i canțt have back the new design and i was loving it so muchhhhhhhh(((((( it makes me cry ...... and above all i canțt make any change to the old version)

Hey YouTube team, I know this sounds devastating for all the people putting big efforts into the new design, but I think the beta channel layout to be boring and unintuitive.

It feels and looks like a programmers design tool, made by programmers for programmersand the sorts of order, list and GUI space optimization programmers want to do. :P

Unfortunately, that doesn’t translate to a natural browsing experience not to speak ofthose YouTubers who try to get in touch with their creative side.

It's a streamlined approach, that “puts people in a box“ and does not allow for much individualism. Despite the claims people end up with LESS space and and ultimatley less freedom in design, as proven by the featured beta channels onthis blog. Yes.

As for the new playlist and “recommended channel“ features introduced, these could easilybe combined with the old channel design.

As for netbook users with small (but wide) screens, a flag could be set in user preferencesto use the beta design, or maybe even some real time javascript or whatever code to read outthe user screen size and adjust accordingly. For people with big screens this browsing concept is a nuisance (at best)

Hopp over to Amamzon and figure while people actually LIKE to use their mouse wheelsince years ;) I probably sound like a broken record in here referring to - don't fix what is not broken - however, in this particular case I have to rephrase it to don't mess with things that you (a) don't understand and (b) aren't your belongings. I refer to the designsyou might break and the hundreds? if not thousands of people you will upset when this epicfail in GUI design goes live for everyone.

never mind about the channel icon i just forgot how do it. but now i remembered. thanks for the number of favs. still want url for featured video Status (musician, comedian, director etc.). Getting out the wallpaper